Russia attaches great importance to developing relations with Moldova, said Russian President Vladimir Putin at a meeting with Moldovan counterpart Igor Dodon.

«In the beginning of our conversation I would like to note that Russia attaches great importance to the development of Russian-Moldovan relations, we consider Moldova one of our priority partners in the CIS», — said Putin.

He noted that in recent years, thanks, in particular, the personal efforts of Dodona, the situation in the sphere of trade-economic relations is changing, opening up a significant number of companies of wine, fruit and vegetables, raw materials for supplies to the Russian market.

Putin noted that the tendency of growth of turnover in this area relations are developing steadily.